Monday, June 10, 2013

Yep, you
guessed it- I got the fantastic opportunity to review the Classroom Friendly
Pencil Sharpener.To say I was a little
excited, would be a understatement. I've seen several blog posts about this
sharpener but I really didn't believe them.Could this little gem- really be that cool?

The answer
is YES!!Here is 6 reason why you have
to order one.

1. It's so cute.--- Come
on, this is very important.

2. It's super easy
to use. -- So easy, it doesn't even come with instructions.They do provide a video on their website, for
those visual learners.Yes, I watched
the video.You can watch it here.

3. It doesn't take
a lot of strength.-- As you may or may not know, my 8 year old, suffers
with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.She
doesn't have a lot of strength in her hands/wrists.Maddie had no problem sharpening pencils with
the Classroom Friendly Sharpener.In
fact, she wouldn't stop sharpening them.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Is space an issue? A friend of mine, wanted a writing center, but she couldn't give up any wall space and needed it to be portable. So, I took ideas from several sources and created a mini writing center. I used one of those super cute mini tri-fold boards. It's only 14inches high and 22inches wide. Now she has a cute, portable, and highly useful writing center. Yay!!

Sunday, April 7, 2013

My daughter's best friend is a Star Wars freak and I ADORE
her.So for her birthday I made a quick star
wars inspired multiplication game. Of course, we also got her the Lalaloopsy she
wanted (aren't they adorable).That's what I love about my daughter and her
friends, they love a little bit of everything.:)

So, if you need a quick simple multiplication game for your
math stations.Star Multipliers is just
right for you. Students are asked to solve 0-9 multiplication facts. If the
student gets the answer correct they keep the card. Incorrect answers are
discarded. Special cards allow players- extra turns, lose a turn, lose all your
cards and/or take a card from another
player. The game ends whenever the GAME OVER card is drawn. The Star Wars type
images will inspire all your kiddos to play. Click here to purchase

Monday, February 18, 2013

I found this adorable mini bathtub at Target in the dollar
spot.It was even on clearance for
$.30!I just had to create a game around
it.So, its Squeaky Clean time. As a Reading Resource
teacher in a small school -I use a lot of games. Games are a great way to assess student understanding and their ability to apply new skills in action.

My 1st and
2nd grade kiddos are working on long E this week.This game contains word cards for long E vowel patterns- ae, ee, ey and a few e_e.For a closer look at the game just click on the photo above or
here.This will take you directly to my
TPT store.